Default Browser and The Welcome Screen on 1803?

[gcr2seth]

We migrated from Windows 7 to Windows 10 1803 this summer. Things have went fairly smoothly aside from these two little quirks that I can't seem to figure out. When a new user logs on to the computer, the Welcome Screen pops up in Edge. For teacher systems, it not a problem since their accounts stay on the system, but it is an issue for students and in labs since their accounts are removed after logging out. The other issue I am having is that I am unable to make Chrome the default browser for accounts that were on the systems before I discovered that I could import a default apps profile with the Dism.exe /Online /Import-DefaultAppAssociations: command. All users that were not on the system previously take advantage of the settings in that XML, but user accounts (mainly teachers) that logged on to their systems before I had pushed that setting out require manual intervention to set Chrome as the the default browser. I've tried copying the XML to a local spot on the hard drive and point the Set a default associations configuration file to it, but it doesn't seem to be doing anything. No matter what I try, Edge continues to be the default browser unless I manually go in to the Default Apps and select chrome.

 

These seem like such simple issues to resolve, but I am stumped. Does anybody have some pointers to fix this on 1803?

[Asgard]

It worked for us by having the custom file associations file on the local machine rather than from a share - so our build has a C:\Windows\ITSHacks folder that has a load of stuff such as the default wallpaper etc

 

But we ended up, can’t recall why using a hammer to crack a nut and set a GPO to overwrite the default file on the machine

 

oemdefaultassociations.xml

 

Has worked an absolute dream since 1511

[gcr2seth]

So you are currently on 1803 and have it working? This is my first experience with Windows 10 so I can't tell you if it was working on previous versions, but it sounds like others that have had it working on previous version are having the same issues as I am on 1803.

 

https://community.spiceworks.com/topic/2153125-default-app-settings-windows-10-1803-via-gpo-no-longer-working

[gcr2seth]

This is the cure to my issue with not being able to set the default browser to Chrome for accounts that were created before the defaultapps.xml file was imported with DISM. Just posting in case it can help anybody else.

 

SetUserFTA: UserChoice Hash defeated – Set File Type Associations per User or Group on Windows 8/10 and 2012/2016 – the kolbicz blog